ABSTRACT

Next morn he donned his crown and held an audience, Then called to him Lambak, the water-carrier, Who came before him with enfolded arms. They brought withal and quickly Baráhám, That curst, malicious Jew. When he arrived They made him sit and called an honest man, To whom the Sháh said : “ Take some baggage-beasts And, acting with the utmost honesty, Go to the house of Baráhám forthwith, And look thou bring what thou find’st hoarded there.”